marasmus

English - Turkish

Definition of marasmus in English Turkish dictionary

kuruyup zayıflama

marasmus

{i} zayıflayıp erime hastalığı

(Tıp) Beden ve ruh bakımından kuvvetten düşme, marazm

(isim) zayıflayıp erime hastalığı

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of marasmus in Turkish Turkish dictionary

çocuklukta, genlikle yetersiz enerji alınması sonucu ortaya çıkan ağır beslenme bozukluğu belirtisi

English - English

Definition of marasmus in English English dictionary

Any wasting disease, especially a severe loss of body weight, in children, caused by malnutrition or the inability to digest protein

{n} a consumption, decline, slow waste

A disease of malnutrition in which a person suffers extreme emaciation due to depletion of bodily fat and protein reserves

a form of protein-energy malnutrition in which a deficiency of energy in the diet causes severe body wasting

extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders

{i} weakening and wasting away of the body which occurs most often in children and infants (Latin)

progressive emaciation

a wasting away of body tissues in the infant's first year, caused by severe deficiency of protein and calories (See 166)

Disease caused by nutritional-deficiency diet that does not have enough intake of calories and protein to maintain good health

n: Nutritional-deficiency disease caused by a diet that does not have enough calories and protein to maintain good health

extreme malnutrition caused by lack of calories It is found especially in children, and is characterized by emaciation

A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis

Turkish - English

Definition of marasmus in Turkish English dictionary

marasmus

Hyphenation

ma·ras·mus

Etymology

[ m&-'raz-m&s ] (noun.) 1656. Late Latin, from Greek marasmos, from marainein to waste away.